1969–70 Football League

The 1969–70 season was the 71st completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1969–70
Champions	Everton (7th English title)
Relegated	Bradford Park Avenue
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Everton won their seventh league title, finishing nine points clear of Leeds United with Chelsea in third and newly promoted Derby County in fourth. Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland were both relegated.

In the Second Division Huddersfield Town claimed the divisional title and were promoted along with runners-up Blackpool. Aston Villa endured the worst season in their history and were relegated to the Third Division for the first time, along with bottom club Preston North End, for whom it was also a first relegation to the third tier.

In the Third Division Orient won the title and were promoted along with Luton Town, who had finished third the previous season. As usual four teams were relegated, with Bournemouth, Southport, Barrow and Stockport County all making the drop.

In the Fourth Division Chesterfield won the title and were promoted along with Wrexham, Swansea City and Port Vale. Bradford Park Avenue lost their application for re-election and were replaced by Cambridge United.

Final league tables and results

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.[1]

Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.[2]

First Division

Football League
First Division

Season	1969–70
Champions	Everton (7th English title)
Relegated	Sunderland Sheffield Wednesday
1970–71 European Cup	Everton
FA Cup winners 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup	Chelsea (1st FA Cup title) Manchester City (defending champions)
1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Arsenal Liverpool Newcastle United Southampton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,212 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jeff Astle (West Bromwich Albion), 25[3]
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Everton	42	17	3	1	46	19	12	5	4	26	15	2.118	66	League Champions, qualified for European Cup 1970–71 First round
2	Leeds United	42	15	4	2	50	19	6	11	4	34	30	1.714	57
3	Chelsea	42	13	7	1	36	18	8	6	7	34	32	1.400	55	FA Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round
4	Derby County	42	15	3	3	45	14	7	6	8	19	23	1.730	53
5	Liverpool	42	10	7	4	34	20	10	4	7	31	22	1.548	51	Participated in the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Coventry City	42	9	6	6	35	28	10	5	6	23	20	1.208	49
7	Newcastle United	42	14	2	5	42	16	3	11	7	15	19	1.629	47	Participated in the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[lower-alpha 1]
8	Manchester United	42	8	9	4	37	27	6	8	7	29	34	1.082	45
9	Stoke City	42	10	7	4	31	23	5	8	8	25	29	1.077	45
10	Manchester City	42	8	6	7	25	22	8	5	8	30	26	1.146	43	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round[lower-alpha 2]
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	2	8	27	21	6	7	8	27	34	0.982	43
12	Arsenal	42	7	10	4	29	23	5	8	8	22	26	1.041	42	Winners of the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[lower-alpha 3]
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	8	5	30	23	4	8	9	25	34	0.965	40
14	Burnley	42	7	7	7	33	29	5	8	8	23	32	0.918	39
15	Nottingham Forest	42	8	9	4	28	28	2	9	10	22	43	0.704	38
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	6	5	39	25	4	3	14	19	41	0.879	37
17	West Ham United	42	8	8	5	28	21	4	4	13	23	39	0.850	36
18	Ipswich Town	42	9	5	7	23	20	1	6	14	17	43	0.635	31
19	Southampton	42	3	12	6	24	27	3	5	13	22	40	0.687	29	Participated in the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
20	Crystal Palace	42	5	6	10	20	36	1	9	11	14	32	0.500	27
21	Sunderland	42	4	11	6	17	24	2	3	16	13	44	0.441	26	Relegated
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	6	5	10	23	27	2	4	15	17	44	0.563	25

Source:
Notes:

1. Newcastle United qualified as last year's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup cupholders.
2. Manchester City were qualified by winning this year's European Cup Winners' Cup. They also won the League Cup this year.
3. Arsenal were winners of this year's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BUR	CHE	COV	CRY	DER	EVE	IPS	LEE	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOT	SHW	SOU	STK	SUN	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal		3–2	0–3	0–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–3	1–1	2–1	2–2
Burnley	0–1		3–1	0–0	4–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–5	1–1	1–1	0–1	5–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	1–3
Chelsea	3–0	2–0		1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–5	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–2
Coventry City	2–0	1–1	0–3		2–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–2	2–3	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	4–0	0–3	1–1	3–2	3–1	2–2	1–0
Crystal Palace	1–5	1–2	1–5	0–3		0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–0	2–1
Derby County	3–2	0–0	2–2	1–3	3–1		2–1	3–1	4–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	5–0	2–0	3–0	2–0
Everton	2–2	2–1	5–2	0–0	2–1	1–0		3–0	3–2	0–3	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–2	6–2	3–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	1–0
Ipswich Town	2–1	0–1	1–4	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–3		3–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1
Leeds United	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	4–0		1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	6–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–1	5–1	4–1	3–1
Liverpool	0–1	3–3	4–1	2–1	3–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–0		3–2	1–4	0–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0
Manchester City	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–2		4–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–5	1–0
Manchester United	2–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–2		0–0	1–1	2–2	1–4	1–1	3–1	3–1	7–0	5–2	0–0
Newcastle United	3–1	0–1	0–1	4–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	5–1		3–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	4–1	1–1
Nottingham Forest	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–4	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–2		2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	4–2
Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	2–1		1–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–3	2–3
Southampton	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	4–0		0–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–3
Stoke City	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1		4–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–1
Sunderland	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–3		2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1
Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1		2–0	0–2	0–1
West Bromwich Albion	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	3–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–3	3–1	1–1		3–1	3–3
West Ham United	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–4	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–3	1–1	0–1	1–3		3–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	3–3	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1969–1970

Arsenal

Burnley

Chelsea

Coventry

Crystal Palace

Derby County

Everton

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Newcastle

Nottingham Forest

Sheffield Wednesday

Southampton

Stoke

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

West Ham

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1969–1970 teams

Top scorers

Goalscorers are listed order of total goals, then according to the number of league goals, then of FA cup goals, then of League Cup goals. A dash means the team of the player in question did not participate in European competitions.[4]

• The goals listed below in the European fields stem from the following competitions:
  • Leeds United participated in the 1969–70 European Cup.
  • Manchester City participated in the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup.
  • Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Southampton participated in 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Euro competitions	Total
1	Peter Osgood	Chelsea	23	8	0	—	31
2	Jeff Astle	West Bromwich Albion	25	0	5	—	30
3	Allan Clarke	Leeds United	16	7	0	2	25
4	Joe Royle	Everton	23	0	0	—	23
5	George Best	Manchester United	15	6	2	—	23
6	Francis Lee	Manchester City	14	0	3	6	23
7	Ian Hutchinson	Chelsea	16	5	1	—	22
8	Frank Clarke	Ipswich Town / Queens Park Rangers	2+14	2	4	—	22
9	Brian Kidd	Manchester United	14	6	2	—	22
10	Pop Robson	Newcastle United	21	0	0	0	21
11	Hugh Curran	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	0	2	—	21
12	Bobby Graham	Liverpool	15	3	1	3	21
13	John Radford	Arsenal	13	2	0	5	20
14	Colin Bell	Manchester City	10	0	5	5	20
15	Mick Channon	Southampton	15	3	1	0	19
16	Steve Kindon	Burnley	17	0	1	—	18
17	Geoff Hurst	West Ham United	16	0	2	—	18
18	Mick Jones	Leeds United	15	3	0	8	18
19	Johnny Giles	Leeds United	12	2	0	4	18
20	John Ritchie	Stoke City	14	2	0	—	16
21	John O’Hare	Derby County	13	2	1	—	16
22	Harry Burrows	Stoke City	15	0	0	—	15
23	Neil Martin	Coventry City	14	1	0	—	15
24	Peter Lorimer	Leeds United	13	2	0	0	15
25	Steve Downes	Sheffield Wednesday / Rotherham United	1+11	3	0	—	15
=	Jimmy Greaves	West Ham United	12	3	0	—	15
27	Colin Suggett	West Bromwich Albion	12	0	3	—	15
28	Ian Bowyer	Manchester City	12	0	2	1	15
29	Kevin Hector	Derby County	11	2	2	—	15
30	John O’Rourke	Coventry City / Ipswich Town	11+2	0	0	—	13
31	Tony Brown	West Bromwich Albion	10	1	2	—	13
32	Keith Dyson	Newcastle United	12	0	0	2	12
33	Ian Storey-Moore	Nottingham Forest	11	0	1	—	12
34	Alan Ball	Everton	10	1	1	—	12
35	Alan Durban	Derby County	8	4	0	—	12
36	Alan Gilzean	Tottenham Hotspur	11	0	0	—	11
=	Martin Chivers	Tottenham Hotspur	11	0	0	—	11
38	Gerry Queen	Crystal Palace	9	1	1	—	11
39	Jack Whitham	Sheffield Wednesday	8	3	0	—	11
40	Martin Dobson	Burnley	6	3	2	—	11
41	Ron Davies	Southampton	10	0	0	0	10
42	Alan Hinton	Derby County	6	0	4	—	10

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1969–70
Champions	Huddersfield Town (1st title)
Promoted	Blackpool
Relegated	Aston Villa, Preston North End
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,207 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Hickton (Middlesbrough), 24[3]
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Huddersfield Town	42	14	6	1	36	10	10	6	5	32	27	1.838	60	Division Champions, promoted
2	Blackpool	42	10	9	2	25	16	10	4	7	31	29	1.244	53	Promoted
3	Leicester City	42	12	6	3	37	22	7	7	7	27	28	1.280	51
4	Middlesbrough	42	15	4	2	36	14	5	6	10	19	31	1.222	50
5	Swindon Town	42	13	7	1	35	17	4	9	8	22	30	1.213	50
6	Sheffield United	42	16	2	3	50	10	6	3	12	23	28	1.921	49
7	Cardiff City	42	12	7	2	38	14	6	6	9	23	27	1.488	49	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	2	4	42	19	5	5	11	12	31	1.080	47
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	5	3	47	24	4	6	11	19	33	1.158	45
10	Millwall	42	14	4	3	38	18	1	10	10	18	38	1.000	44
11	Norwich City	42	13	5	3	37	14	3	6	12	12	32	1.065	43
12	Carlisle United	42	10	6	5	39	28	4	7	10	19	28	1.036	41
13	Hull City	42	11	6	4	43	28	4	5	12	29	42	1.029	41
14	Bristol City	42	11	7	3	37	13	2	6	13	17	37	1.080	39
15	Oxford United	42	9	9	3	23	13	3	6	12	12	29	0.833	39
16	Bolton Wanderers	42	9	6	6	31	23	3	6	12	23	38	0.885	36
17	Portsmouth	42	8	4	9	39	35	5	5	11	27	45	0.825	35
18	Birmingham City	42	9	7	5	33	22	2	4	15	18	56	0.654	33
19	Watford	42	6	8	7	26	21	3	5	13	18	36	0.772	31
20	Charlton Athletic	42	7	8	6	23	28	0	9	12	12	48	0.461	31
21	Aston Villa	42	7	8	6	23	21	1	5	15	13	41	0.581	29	Relegated
22	Preston North End	42	7	6	8	31	28	1	6	14	12	35	0.683	28

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	BRI	CAR	CRL	CHA	HUD	HUL	LEI	MID	MIL	NWC	OXF	POR	PNE	QPR	SHU	SWI	WAT
Aston Villa		0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	3–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	3–5	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2
Birmingham	0–2		3–0	2–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–4	0–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0
Blackburn Rovers	2–0	1–1		2–1	3–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	0–3	4–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–0
Blackpool	2–1	2–0	0–0		1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–3
Bolton Wanderers	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–2		3–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	6–4	0–0	0–1	2–3
Bristol City	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–2		0–2	0–0	6–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	3–3	1–0
Cardiff City	4–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–0		1–1	1–0	0–1	6–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–0	2–2	3–1
Carlisle United	1–1	4–3	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–3		1–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	3–2	0–1	2–2	5–0
Charlton Athletic	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1		1–2	1–4	0–5	0–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–0
Huddersfield Town	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	4–0		2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1
Hull City	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–3		4–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–3	3–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–1
Leicester City	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2		2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–1
Middlesbrough	1–0	4–2	4–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1		3–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1
Millwall	2–0	6–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–2	4–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1		1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0
Norwich City	3–1	6–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1		2–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
Oxford United	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0		0–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
Portsmouth	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–0	4–0	5–1	1–3	1–4	2–3	2–3	0–1	1–4	2–1		4–0	1–3	1–5	3–1	3–1
Preston North End	1–1	4–1	0–0	0–3	1–3	0–1	1–2	3–1	4–1	1–3	3–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2		0–0	2–1	3–1	3–0
Queens Park Rangers	4–2	2–1	2–3	6–1	0–4	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–2	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–2	4–0	1–2	2–0	0–0		2–1	2–0	2–1
Sheffield United	5–0	6–0	4–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	5–1	5–0	2–0	2–0		1–2	1–1
Swindon Town	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	5–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–1		1–0
Watford	3–0	2–3	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Charlton Athletic

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1969–1970

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackpool

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton

Bristol City

Carlisle United

Cardiff City

Charlton

Huddersfield

Hull

Leicester City

Middlesbrough

Millwall

Norwich City

Oxford

Portsmouth

Preston North End

QPR

Sheffield United

Swindon

Watford

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1969–1970 teams

Top scorers

Goalscorers are listed order of total goals, then according to the number of league goals, then of FA cup goals, then of League Cup goals. A dash means the team of the player in question did not participate in European competitions.[4]

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Cup Winners' Cup goals	Total
1	John Hickton	Middlesbrough	23	4	0	—	27
2	John Byrom	Bolton Wanderers	20	0	5	—	25
3	Barry Bridges	Queens Park Rangers	21	1	1	—	23
4	Rodney Marsh	Queens Park Rangers	12	4	7	—	23
5	Alan Woodward	Sheffield United	18	0	3	—	21
6	Arthur Horsfield	Swindon Town	16	4	0	—	20
7	Brian Clark	Cardiff City	18	0	0	2	20
8	John Toshack	Cardiff City	17	1	0	2	20
9	Frank Worthington	Huddersfield Town	18	1	0	—	19
=	Derek Possee	Millwall	18	1	0	—	19
11	Chris Chilton	Hull City	18	0	1	—	19
12	Peter Noble	Swindon Town	15	1	3	—	19
13	Ken Wagstaff	Hull City	18	0	0	—	18
=	Ray Hiron	Portsmouth	18	0	0	—	18
15	Fred Pickering	Blackpool	17	1	0	—	18
16	Rodney Fern	Leicester City	16	0	1	—	17
17	Ken Houghton	Hull City	16	0	0	—	16
18	Gil Reece	Sheffield United	14	0	1	—	15
19	Bob Hatton	Carlisle United	13	1	1	—	15
20	Don Martin	Blackburn Rovers	13	0	2	—	15
21	Chris Balderstone	Carlisle United	12	1	1	—	14
22	Barry Endean	Watford	10	3	1	—	14
23	Peter King	Cardiff City	10	1	0	3	14
24	Phil Summerill	Birmingham City	13	0	0	—	13
=	Jim Storrie	Portsmouth / Rotherham United	13	0	0	—	13
26	Ken Skeen	Oxford United	9	1	3	—	13
27	Bert Murray	Birmingham City	12	0	0	—	12
=	Albert McCann	Portsmouth	12	0	0	—	12
=	Tony Currie	Sheffield United	12	0	0	—	12
30	Joe Laidlaw	Middlesbrough	11	1	0	—	12
31	Roger Hunt	Bolton Wanderers / Liverpool	6+5	0	0	1[notes 1]	12
32	John Tudor	Sheffield United	10	2	0	—	12
33	Andy Lochhead	Leicester City	6	2	4	—	12
34	Ken Foggo	Norwich City	11	0	0	—	11
35	Gerry Sharpe	Bristol City	10	0	1	—	11
36	John Galley	Bristol City	10	0	0	—	10
=	Peter Silverster	Norwich City	10	0	0	—	10
=	Nicky Jennings	Portsmouth	10	0	0	—	10
39	Don Rogers	Swindon Town	9	1	0	—	10
40	Keith Weller	Millwall	9	0	1	—	10
41	Hughie McIlmoyle	Middlesbrough / Carlisle United	6+2	0	2	—	10

1. Roger Hunt’s goal in European tournaments was scored for Liverpool in the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Third Division

Football League
Third Division

Season	1969–70
Champions	Orient (1st title)
Promoted	Luton Town
Relegated	Barrow, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Southport, Stockport County
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,460 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Jones (Bury), 26[3]
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Orient	46	16	5	2	43	15	9	7	7	24	21	1.861	62	Division Champions, promoted
2	Luton Town	46	13	8	2	46	15	10	6	7	31	28	1.791	60	Promoted
3	Bristol Rovers	46	15	5	3	51	26	5	11	7	29	33	1.356	56
4	Fulham	46	12	9	2	43	26	8	6	9	38	29	1.473	55
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	16	4	3	37	16	7	5	11	20	27	1.326	55
6	Mansfield Town	46	14	4	5	46	22	7	7	9	24	27	1.429	53
7	Barnsley	46	14	6	3	43	24	5	9	9	25	35	1.153	53
8	Reading	46	16	3	4	52	29	5	8	10	35	48	1.130	53
9	Rochdale	46	11	6	6	39	24	7	4	12	30	36	1.150	46
10	Bradford City	46	11	6	6	37	22	6	6	11	20	28	1.140	46
11	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	4	6	31	19	4	8	11	21	35	0.963	46
12	Walsall	46	11	4	8	33	31	6	8	9	21	36	0.806	46
13	Torquay United	46	9	9	5	36	22	5	8	10	26	37	1.051	45
14	Rotherham United	46	10	8	5	36	19	5	6	12	26	35	1.148	44
15	Shrewsbury Town	46	10	12	1	35	17	3	6	14	27	46	0.984	44
16	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	8	5	38	29	4	8	11	18	43	0.778	44
17	Plymouth Argyle	46	10	7	6	32	23	6	4	13	24	41	0.875	43
18	Halifax Town	46	10	9	4	31	25	4	6	13	16	38	0.746	43
19	Bury	46	13	4	6	47	29	2	7	14	28	51	0.938	41
20	Gillingham	46	7	6	10	28	33	6	7	10	24	31	0.813	39
21	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	8	9	6	28	27	4	6	13	20	44	0.676	39	Relegated
22	Southport	46	11	5	7	31	22	3	5	15	17	44	0.727	38
23	Barrow	46	7	9	7	28	27	1	5	17	18	54	0.568	30
24	Stockport County	46	4	7	12	17	30	2	4	17	10	41	0.380	23

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BRW	B&BA	BRA	B&HA	BRR	BRY	DON	FUL	GIL	HAL	LUT	MAN	ORI	PLY	REA	ROC	ROT	SHR	SOU	STP	TOR	TRA	WAL
Barnsley		2–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–0	3–3	2–1	3–3	5–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	4–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0
Barrow	1–1		1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	4–1	0–4	0–3	0–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–1	0–0		0–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–3	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–2
Bradford City	1–1	3–3	8–1		1–0	2–4	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–3	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1		0–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1
Bristol Rovers	3–3	2–1	5–2	1–1	0–2		2–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–3	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–1
Bury	1–2	4–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–2		1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	4–3	4–1	1–0	8–0	4–2
Doncaster Rovers	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1		0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0
Fulham	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	3–1	2–4	1–1		2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–3	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Gillingham	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0		2–0	0–2	3–3	0–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–4	0–2	2–4	0–0	1–3
Halifax Town	0–2	3–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–8	1–1		0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1
Luton Town	1–1	3–0	0–0	5–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–2	1–1		2–2	3–2	0–2	5–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–0
Mansfield Town	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	3–3	0–0		4–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–2	0–0
Orient	4–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0		4–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
Plymouth Argyle	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–0		1–1	2–3	0–3	4–2	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–1	1–0
Reading	6–2	6–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–5	3–2	1–0	0–4	1–0	4–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–1		1–0	1–1	3–1	8–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–3
Rochdale	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–3	2–0	0–1	0–0	5–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	3–2		4–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–2
Rotherham United	2–0	5–0	3–0	2–3	2–0	0–0	4–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1		1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	4–1
Shrewsbury Town	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	5–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0		1–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1
Southport	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	6–2	0–3	2–1	0–2		1–1	4–2	2–0	0–1
Stockport County	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–4	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0		0–1	0–1	2–2
Torquay United	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–0		5–1	0–0
Tranmere Rovers	0–1	5–0	1–5	1–0	2–0	5–2	3–2	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–5	0–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	3–0	1–1		0–0
Walsall	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	1–4	0–2	3–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Fulham

Orient

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1969–1970

Barnsley

Barrow

Brighton & Hove

Bradford City

Bournemouth

Bristol Rovers

Bury

Doncaster

Fulham

Gillingham

Halifax Town

Orient

Luton Town

Mansfield Town

Plymouth Argyle

Reading

Rochdale

Rotherham

Shrewsbury

Southport

Stockport

Swindon

Tranmere Rovers

Torquay

Walsall

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1969–1970

Top scorers

Goalscorers are listed order of total goals, then according to the number of league goals, then of FA cup goals, then of League Cup goals. A dash means the team of the player in question did not participate in European competitions.[4]

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Total
1	Malcolm Macdonald	Luton Town	24	1	2	27
2	George Jones	Bury	26	0	0	26
3	Les Chappell	Reading	25	0	0	25
4	Steve Earle	Fulham	22	0	1	23
5	George Kerr	Bury	20	2	1	23
6	Jimmy Convay	Fulham	22	0	0	22
7	Ted MacDougall	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	21	0	1	22
8	George Andrews	Shrewsbury Town / Southport	13+6	0	2	21
9	Reg Jenkins	Rochdale	20	0	0	20
10	George Yardley	Tranmere Rovers	17	2	1	20
=	Terry Bell	Reading / Hartlepool	2+15	2	1	20
12	Mickey Bullock	Orient	19	0	0	19
13	Dudley Roberts	Mansfield Town	18	0	0	18
=	Mike Bickle	Plymouth Argyle	18	0	0	18
15	Bobby Ham	Bradford City	16	0	2	18
16	Robin Stubbs	Bristol Rovers	15	2	0	17
17	Alan Gilliver	Brighton & Hove Albion	13	2	2	17
18	Terry Harkin	Shrewsbury Town	16	0	0	16
=	Tony Field	Southport	16	0	0	16
=	Alan Welsh	Torquay United	16	0	0	16
21	John Rudge	Torquay United	14	1	1	16
22	John Evans	Barnsley	15	0	0	15
=	Tony Buck	Rochdale	15	0	0	15
24	Malcolm Partridge	Mansfield Town	13	2	0	15
25	Brian Yeo	Gillingham	9	5	1	15
26	Bobby Williams	Reading	14	0	0	14
27	Ray Graydon	Bristol Rovers	13	1	0	14
28	Dennis Butler	Rochdale	12	2	0	14
29	Mike Green	Gillingham	11	3	0	14
30	Derek Smith	Tranmere Rovers	11	2	1	14
31	Ken Beamish	Tranmere Rovers	10	3	1	14
32	Peter Middleton	Bradford City	11	2	0	13
=	Dai Jones	Mansfield Town	11	2	0	13
34	Colin Taylor	Walsall	9	4	0	13
35	Dean	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	12	0	0	12
=	Carl Gilbert	Bristol Rovers	12	0	0	12
=	Barrie Fairbrother	Orient	12	0	0	12
=	John Regan	Doncaster Rovers	12	0	0	12
39	Matt Tees	Luton Town	11	1	0	12
40	John Collins	Luton Town	10	2	0	12
=	Richard Moir	Shrewsbury Town	10	2	0	12
42	Alex Dawson	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	2	1	12
43	Jim Mulvaney	Barrow	11	0	0	11
44	Kit Napier	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	1	0	11
45	Eddie Loyden	Barnsley	9	2	0	11
46	Harold Jarman	Bristol Rovers	10	0	0	10
47	Ken Pound	Gillingham	9	1	0	10
=	John Rowlands	Stockport County	9	1	0	10
=	Bill Atkins	Halifax Town / Portsmouth	7+2	1	0	10
50	Les O’Neill	Bradford City	8	2	0	10

Fourth Division

Football League
Fourth Division

Season	1969–70
Champions	Chesterfield (1st title)
Promoted	Port Vale, Swansea City, Wrexham
Failed re-election	Bradford Park Avenue
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,464 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Albert Kinsey, (Wrexham), 27[3]
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chesterfield	46	19	1	3	55	12	8	9	6	22	20	2.406	64	Division Champions, promoted
2	Wrexham	46	17	6	0	56	16	9	3	11	28	33	1.714	61	Promoted
3	Swansea City	46	14	8	1	43	14	7	10	6	23	31	1.467	60
4	Port Vale	46	13	9	1	39	10	7	10	6	22	23	1.848	59
5	Brentford	46	14	8	1	36	11	6	8	9	22	28	1.487	56
6	Aldershot	46	16	5	2	52	22	4	8	11	26	43	1.200	53
7	Notts County	46	14	4	5	44	21	8	4	11	29	41	1.177	52
8	Lincoln City	46	11	8	4	38	20	6	8	9	28	32	1.269	50
9	Peterborough United	46	13	8	2	51	21	4	6	13	26	48	1.116	48
10	Colchester United	46	14	5	4	38	22	3	9	11	26	41	1.016	48
11	Chester	46	14	3	6	39	23	7	3	13	19	43	0.879	48
12	Scunthorpe United	46	11	6	6	34	23	7	4	12	33	42	1.031	46
13	York City	46	14	7	2	38	16	2	7	14	17	46	0.887	46
14	Northampton Town	46	11	7	5	41	19	5	5	13	23	36	1.164	44
15	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	6	5	37	18	4	6	13	14	33	1.000	44
16	Grimsby Town	46	9	9	5	33	24	5	6	12	21	34	0.931	43
17	Southend United	46	12	8	3	40	28	3	2	18	19	57	0.694	40
18	Exeter City	46	13	5	5	48	20	1	6	16	9	39	0.966	39
19	Oldham Athletic	46	11	4	8	45	28	2	9	12	15	37	0.923	39
20	Workington	46	9	9	5	31	21	3	5	15	15	43	0.719	38
21	Newport County	46	12	3	8	39	24	1	8	14	14	50	0.716	37	Re-elected
22	Darlington	46	8	7	8	31	27	5	3	15	22	46	0.726	36
23	Hartlepool	46	7	7	9	31	30	3	3	17	11	52	0.512	30
24	Bradford Park Avenue	46	6	5	12	23	32	0	6	17	18	64	0.427	23	Failed re-election

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	BPA	BRE	CHE	CHF	COL	CRE	DAR	EXE	GRI	HAR	LIN	NPC	NOR	NTC	OLD	PET	PTV	SCU	STD	SWA	WRK	WRE	YOR
Aldershot		4–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	4–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	5–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	4–1
Bradford Park Avenue	2–0		0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–3	1–2	0–5	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–3	2–0
Brentford	0–0	1–1		2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	5–2	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–0
Chester	2–1	1–0	1–2		1–2	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–0
Chesterfield	4–2	4–0	1–0	0–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	5–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	3–1
Colchester United	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	4–1		1–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0
Crewe Alexandra	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1		2–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	5–3	0–1	1–0	2–3	3–0
Darlington	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	2–0		4–0	0–0	4–0	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Exeter City	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–2		0–1	6–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	4–1	3–0	6–0	5–1	1–0	2–1
Grimsby Town	2–2	2–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	5–3	0–2	0–1	2–0		2–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Hartlepool	1–3	5–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–1		0–3	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–3	2–2
Lincoln City	1–1	5–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0		3–0	0–0	2–4	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	3–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–0
Newport County	3–4	5–1	1–0	3–1	0–2	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1		0–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2
Northampton Town	4–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	4–1		3–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	3–0	0–1	2–2
Notts County	3–0	5–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0		0–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–3	3–2	0–2
Oldham Athletic	4–2	0–0	4–1	5–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	5–0		4–2	2–3	1–3	3–0	0–1	1–2	2–3	3–1
Peterborough United	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	8–1		0–0	2–2	3–4	1–1	1–1	5–2	3–1
Port Vale	0–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	0–0		1–2	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1
Scunthorpe United	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–1		2–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–1
Southend United	2–2	1–1	2–2	4–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–2	2–2	2–5	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0		2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0
Swansea City	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	4–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–0		0–0	1–2	2–1
Workington	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	5–0	0–0		2–0	1–1
Wrexham	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	2–2	6–2	3–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	4–1		4–0
York City	2–0	4–1	4–2	0–0	1–1	4–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Aldershot

Bradford Park Avenue

Brentford

Chester

Colchester

Chesterfield

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Exeter City

Grimsby Town

Hartlepool

Lincoln City

Newport County

Northampton Town

Notts County

Oldham

Peterborough

Port Vale

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Southend United

Swansea Town

Workington

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1969–1970

Brentford

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1969–1970

Top scorers

Goalscorers are listed order of total goals, then according to the number of league goals, then of FA cup goals, then of League Cup goals. A dash means the team of the player in question did not participate in European competitions.[4]

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Total
1	Albert Kinsey	Wrexham	27	1	1	29
2	Jim Hall	Peterborough United	24	3	1	28
3	Jack Howarth	Aldershot	19	7	0	26
4	Stuart Brace	Grimsby Town	25	0	0	25
5	John Fairbrother	Northampton Town	23	2	0	25
6	Nigel Cassidy	Scunthorpe United	21	4	0	25
7	Billy Best	Southend United	23	1	0	24
8	Don Masson	Notts County	23	0	0	23
9	Dave Gwyther	Swansea City	16	5	1	22
10	Dennis Brown	Aldershot	17	4	0	21
11	Ernie Moss	Chesterfield	20	0	0	20
12	Richie Barker	Notts County	19	1	0	20
13	Peter Price	Peterborough United	16	3	1	20
14	Kevin Randall	Chesterfield	18	0	0	18
15	Arfon Griffiths	Wrexham	16	2	0	18
16	Rod Fletcher	Lincoln City	16	1	0	17
17	Smith	Wrexham	15	2	0	17
18	John James	Port Vale	14	3	0	17
19	Ken Jones	Colchester United	15	0	0	15
20	Terry Heath	Scunthorpe United	13	2	0	15
=	Herbie Williams	Swansea City	13	2	0	15
22	Bill Dearden	Chester	11	3	1	15
23	Brian Gibbs	Colchester United	14	0	0	14
=	Ray Mabbutt	Newport County	14	0	0	14
25	Tommy Robson	Peterborough United	12	1	1	14
26	Bobby Ross	Brentford	13	0	0	13
=	Mike Hickman	Grimsby Town	13	0	0	13
=	Jim Fryatt	Oldham Athletic / Blackburn Rovers	2+11	0	0	13
29	Frank Large	Northampton Town	10	2	1	13
30	Derek Draper	Chester	12	0	0	12
=	David Shaw	Oldham Athletic	12	0	0	12
32	Geoffrey Thomas	Swansea City	11	0	1	12
33	Alan Banks	Exeter City	10	1	1	12
34	Phil Boyer	York City	9	3	0	12
35	Ronnie Walton	Aldershot	11	0	0	11
=	Alan Bradshaw	Crewe Alexandra	11	0	0	11
37	John Archer	Chesterfield	10	1	0	11
38	Fred Binney	Exeter City / Torquay United	1+9	0	1	11
=	Jim Beardall	Oldham Athletic	10	0	1	11
40	Alan Tarbuck	Chester	8	3	0	11
41	Roy Massey	Colchester United / Crewe Alexandra	5+2	0	4	11
42	Jimmy Melia	Aldershot	10	0	0	10
=	Lance Robson	Hartlepool / Darlington	2+8	0	0	10
=	Kevin McMahon	York City	10	0	0	10
45	John Mitten	Exeter City	9	1	0	10
46	Roy Young	Hartlepool	8	2	0	10
47	Gary Moore	Southend United	8	0	2	10

See also

• 1969-70 in English football

Notes

1. "England 1969–70". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
4. Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, pp. 600–603. The Queen Anne Press Limited. Compiled by Tony Williams and Roy Peskett. Editorial Board: Denis Howell, Sir Matt Busby, David Coleman, Jimmy Hill, Tony Williams and Roy Peskett.

References

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

External links

• Season 1969-70 complete complete lineups, tables and squads at Historical Football Lineups